Athlon II X2 240: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Athlon II X2 240 sales 23 July 2009 at a recommended price of $35. This is a Regor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.8 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Athlon II X2 240 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	2740
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.28
Market segment	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.95	of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	23 July 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache	256 KB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	2 MB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	0 KB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	45 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	117 mm2
Number of transistors	410 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 240 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 240's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Athlon II X2 240.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

2.0

of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon II X2 240. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Closest competitors

Athlon II X2 240's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.

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